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Phoenix
1,675,144 people (2025)
A sun-scorched desert metropolis where world-class restaurants and vibrant cultural districts sit alongside rugged mountain preserves perfect for hiking and biking. The Valley of the Sun blends Native American heritage, modernist architecture, and year-round warmth that draws visitors seeking both urban energy and Sonoran Desert landscapes.
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Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, Phoenix is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital. The Phoenix metropolitan area, with an estimated 5.19 million residents, is the tenth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and the most populous in the Mountain states and Southwest.
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Photo: Downtown Phoenix Aerial Looking Northeast by DPPed, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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